Pittsburgh Penguins vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Regular season · Friday, October 9, 2026 · Nationwide Arena

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SOG 22–45

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Recap

Blue Jackets edge Penguins behind Severson's big night

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Friday night at Nationwide Arena. Columbus never trailed, taking the lead in the first period on Damon Severson's first goal of the season at 10:52, with Zach Werenski and Cole Sillinger assisting. Mathieu Olivier made it 2-0 at 11:40 of the second before Bryan Rust answered for Pittsburgh at 14:30, and Evgeni Malkin tied it 2-2 at 3:19 of the third. The Blue Jackets came away with the 3-2 win.

Severson finished with a goal and an assist and was named the game's first star, while Cole Sillinger chipped in 2 assists. Kent Johnson took second-star honors and Sergei Murashov, who made 43 saves on 45 shots in the overtime loss, was the third star. Cam Talbot earned the win with 20 saves on 22 shots. The Blue Jackets outshot the Penguins 45-22. Columbus moved to 2-1-0 on the season, while Pittsburgh fell to 2-2-1.

Written with AI from official NHL data and checked against it. The box score and play-by-play are the official record. How we write these

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
PIT	0	1	1	0	0	2	22
CBJ	1	1	0	0	1	3	45

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Damon Severson (1)Zach Werenski (3), Cole Sillinger (1)Girard 1:23 into shift0–110:52 CBJ

2nd period

Mathieu Olivier (2)Damon Severson (1), Cole Sillinger (2)Girard 1:15 into shift0–211:40 CBJ
Bryan Rust (2)Samuel Girard (4)1–214:30 PIT

3rd period

Evgeni Malkin (3)Erik Karlsson (5)2–203:19 PIT

SO period

Kent JohnsonUnassisted2–300:00 CBJ

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:23

0–1 · 1st 10:52 · Severson. Girard was 1:23 into his shift when it went in.

GoalPIT on iceCBJ on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 CBJ

1st 10:52 · Severson

Long shift: Girard 1:23

Long shiftGirard 1:23

0–2 CBJ

2nd 11:40 · Olivier

Long shift: Girard 1:15

Long shiftGirard 1:15

1–2 PIT

2nd 14:30 · Rust

Olivier 0:39

Fresh legsOlivier 0:39

2–2 PIT

3rd 3:19 · Malkin

Mateychuk 0:56

NormalMateychuk 0:56

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

PITCBJ

22Shots on goal45

33%Faceoff %67%

0/2Power play0/4

8Penalty minutes4

9Hits21

19Blocked shots14

17Giveaways13

4Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 01:37Adam Fantilli · slashing2 min
1st 03:19Bryan Rust · tripping2 min
1st 07:24Emil Andrae · cross checking2 min
1st 19:13Kris Letang · hooking2 min
2nd 03:41Samuel Girard · tripping2 min
3rd 15:53Ville Koivunen · tripping2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

17Bryan RustR	1	0	1	-1	2	1	1	2	–	18:21
71Evgeni MalkinC	1	0	1	+1	3	1	0	0	–	17:30
49Samuel GirardD	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	2	–	19:25
65Erik KarlssonD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	24:50
14Nick RobertsonL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	10:10
18Tommy NovakC	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	25	14:33
19Connor DewarC	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	–	13:35
22Hendrix LapierreC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	12:03
41Ville KoivunenR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	13:13
46Blake LizotteC	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	27	13:30
59Egor ChinakhovR	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	–	14:36
67Rickard RakellR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	20:29
81Ben KindelC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	43	17:19
87Sidney CrosbyC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	46	19:40
6Kaedan KorczakD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	–	19:05
57Trevor van RiemsdykD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	19:08
58Kris LetangD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	–	19:14
72Declan CarlileD	0	0	0	+1	1	4	5	0	–	20:19

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Sergei MurashovG	O	45	43	2	.956	65:00
37Arturs SilovsG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

4Cole SillingerC	0	2	2	0	2	3	0	0	–	16:41
78Damon SeversonD	1	1	2	+1	3	0	1	0	–	22:20
24Mathieu OlivierR	1	0	1	0	4	2	0	0	–	16:35
8Zach WerenskiD	0	1	1	+1	3	0	3	0	–	29:36
3Charlie CoyleC	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	58	23:30
10Dmitri VoronkovL	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	–	12:43
19Adam FantilliC	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	2	88	21:57
23Sean MonahanC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	57	16:11
43Valeri NichushkinR	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	100	16:01
58Danton HeinenL	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	50	12:01
83Conor GarlandR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	09:48
89Matthew KniesL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	50	20:38
91Kent JohnsonC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	18:10
94Ryan LombergL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	09:15
5Denton MateychukD	0	0	0	-1	4	1	3	0	–	23:29
7Carson SoucyD	0	0	0	-1	1	4	0	0	–	17:29
36Emil AndraeD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	–	07:40
44Erik GudbransonD	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	16:56

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33Cam TalbotG	W	22	20	2	.909	65:00
73Jet GreavesG		0	0	0	–	00:00